Guidelines for Promoting a Professional Learning Community of Educational Institutions under the Office of the Non-formal and Informal Education, Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to study the current situation the desirable condition and needs of promoting a professional learning community of educational institutions under the Office of the Non-formal and Informal Education, Khon Kaen province and to create guidelines for promoting a professional learning community of educational institutions under the Office of the Non-formal and Informal Education, Khon Kaen province. The population used in this research consisted of 46 educational administrators and 729 teachers with the total number of 775 people from 26 educational institutions under the Office of the Non-formal and Informal Education, Khon Kaen province. The sample size was determined by Taro Yamane table at the sampling error level of .05 using stratified random sampling. The informants selected in this research consisted of 16 educational administrators and 248 teachers with the total number of 264 people. The research tool was 5-rating scale questionnaire with reliability at .91. The statistics used to analyze data comprised frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and reliability value. The research results were found that:1. The current situation, the desirable condition and needs of promoting a professional learning community of educational institutions under the Office of the Non-formal and Informal Education, Khon Kaen province were found that the current situation, in overall, was rated at a moderate level, the desirable condition, in overall, was at a high level, needs could be arranged according to the importance as follows: 1) team and learning network, 2) learning and professional development, 3) knowledge sharing, 4) knowledge management, 5) shared values and vision and 6) support and co-leadership. 2. Guidelines for promoting a professional learning community of educational institutions under the Office of the Non-Formal and Informal Education, Khon Kaen province consisted of 3 guidelines as follows: 1) learning and professional development, 2) team and learning network and 3) knowledge sharing.